Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Roll No : 1 :
Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum marks : 100
1. (a) What is the scope of Article 14 of the Constitution of India ? To what extent is it
correct to say that Article 14 forbids class legislation, but does not forbid classification ?
(8 marks)
(b) Discuss the fundamental duties imposed on citizens of India.
(6 marks)
(c) What are the presumptions in the interpretation of statutes when the intention of the
legislature is not clear ?
(6 marks)
2. (a) Mention the persons against whom specific performance of contract can not be enforced.
(6 marks)
(b) State the places where documents relating to immovable property may be presented for
registration under the Registration Act, 1908.
(5 marks)
(c) What are the modes of cancellation of adhesive stamps ?
(5 marks)
3. (a) What are the grounds on which an arbitral award may be challenged before the court ?
(6 marks)
(b) Describe the exceptions to the rule of strict liability.
(5 marks)
(c) Explain the doctrine of sufficient cause for condonation of delay as provided in
section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963.
(5 marks)
(ii) The limitation period for money lent under an agreement that it shall be payable
on demand is
(a) 3 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 15 years
(d) 12 years.
(iii) Third party appeal against Public Information Officers decision under the Right
to Information Act, 2005 must be filed before first appellate authority within
(a) 30 days
(b) 90 days
(c) 105 days
(d) None of the above.
(iv) Immovable property under the law relating to transfer of property includes
(a) Growing trees
(b) Growing crops
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above.
(v) The duty of the Collector under section 31 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 is only
to determine the stamp duty payable upon the instrument where he concludes
that the instrument is not sufficiently stamped. He is not authorised to
(a) Impound the instrument
(b) Impose any penalty
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Either (a) or (b).
(vi) Internal aids in interpretation of statutes include
(a) Title
(b) Preamble
(c) Marginal notes
(d) All the above.
(1 mark each)
(c) Amit mortgages a house of the value of ` 25,000 to Bimal for ` 10,000. Bimal afterwards
buys the house from Amit. Whether the stamp duty already paid is deductible from
the stamp duty payable on ` 25,000 ?
(4 marks)
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7. State, with reasons in brief, whether the following statements are true or false :
(i) The law of limitation is not unconstitutional.
(ii) Traffic in human beings means to deal in men and women like goods, such as to sell
or let out or otherwise dispose them off.
(iii) The laws passed by Parliament in the national interest cease to have effect automatically
after nine months.
(iv) A trustee may sue for possession of specific movable property of which he is a trustee.
(v) Where there is infringement of a legal right not resulting in harm, but plaintiff can still
sue under the law relating to torts.
(vi) The maximum period of limitation prescribed under the Limitation Act, 1963 is 30 years.
(vii) Anil is tried for the murder of Sunil. The fact that before the death of Sunil, Anil procured
poison similar to that which was administered to Sunil is not relevant.
(viii) A search warrant can be issued in cases where the court has reason to believe that a
person summoned to produce any document or other thing will not produce it.
(2 marks each)
8. (a) A transport company has its head office at Kolkata and branch offices at Allahabad,
Lucknow and Puri. A dispute cropped up between Hassan and the transport company
in respect of a transaction through Allahabad office. Hassan files a suit in respect of
this dispute against the company in a court at Puri. Is the court at Puri competent to
decide this case ? Give reasons.
(5 marks)
(b) Sohan is tried summarily by the Metropolitan Magistrate on the charge of committing
theft and is sentenced to undergo imprisonment for a period of six months. Can Sohan
challenge this decision ? If so, on what grounds ?
(5 marks)
(c) Shyam executes a sale deed of a house in favour of Krishna. The house is situated
in Faridabad, but the transferor and the transferee want the sale deed to be registered
at Gurgaon, which has also a District Court of Haryana State. Can they do so ?
Give reasons.
(6 marks)